Rating: 3/5
Anna was sent to live with the Peggs, a household in Little Overton, where she was to remain until the school term started again, and then she would go back to worrying Mrs Preston. At first, she was quite looking forward to going back; but then, not, for she had found out that Mrs Preston was being paid by the council to look after her – paid to be loved – and then again there was the sea, the creek, the old Marsh House that called for her when she looked at it, and she decided she would like to remain with the old Peggs, if she could choose, which eventually, she could not.
She decided this with even more pride when she met Marnie. A ghostly child, yet so awfully pretty and kind, and teasing though with friendliness in her voice; yet every time Anna found her, she was a little confused, and thought perhaps that she wasn’t as real as she seemed. Almost as though she was past, not present…
I rated this book only three stars because it wasn’t my best, and it ended on a mild cliffhanger, which is a bit of a nuisance because as far as I’ve heard, the author did not write a sequel. I believe she thought that you had to figure out the ending, but I am afraid to say I prefer to know every last bit of the plot. However, there is a film I am going to watch, so maybe they’ll explain a little better then!